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• Arie Groenendijk, Melissant, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Christiaan Wilhelmus Reuvers, Emmen († 1979)
• Cornelia Lambregts, Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Aaltje van de Werken, gameren (gelderland) († 2000)
• Alice Cant, Melsele († 2004)
• Albert Vandenhaute, Maarke-Kerkem († 1998)
• Antje Walda, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• antoon van bree, meijel († 1976)
• Albert D'HOOGE, Hamme-Zogge,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1985)
• Adriana Catharina van den Ham, Culemborg († 1991)

• Antje Leistra (0), Grouw
• Barbara De KLERK (72), Rotterdam
• Augusta van der Lecq (1), Rotterdam
• Aletta Schmidt (0), Vianen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• bastiaan BELDER (79), dubbeldam
• Bastiaan BELDER (79), Dubbeldam
• Agnes Gerrits (63), Cuijk en Sint Agatha (N.Br.)
• Bernard Zilvold (37), Hengelo (G), Nederland
• Anton Hermann Büdding (32), Verdun (F)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Nijsten (3), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)
• 1916 » Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress († 2004)
• 1918 » Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1919 » Richard Hillary, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 1943)
• 1920 » Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State († 2000)
• 1920 » Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist († 2002)

• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on April 20, 1916 was between 4.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.